Example sentences of "complained of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the Britons were disappointed and complained of poor grip on the track . |
| 2 | He complained of intolerable headaches , and on a visit to Vauxhall pleasure gardens , a disturbance among the footmen was interpreted as contempt for himself . |
| 3 | They complained of frequent staff changes resulting in a lack of consistency between residential workers and inadequate control of the youngsters . |
| 4 | Four months later , 24 hours after his fifth outpatient endoscopy session , he complained of retrosternal pain . |
| 5 | He complained of increased media attacks on him by the Moldavian Communist Party under its new first secretary Grigory Yeremey [ for whose appointment see above ] , featuring allegations that his administration was failing to protect party property ; of " back-stage scheming " against him in Moldavia 's Supreme Soviet ; and of his inability to work with republican Prime Minister Mircha Druk . |
| 6 | But , in the end , Steven did n't mind at all when discerning folk puked up all over the loathsome Lost Boys and complained of dangerous levels of heartwarming brought on by an excess of Robin Williams . |
| 7 | The survey , sponsored by General Accident Insurance , found that more than 60 per cent of female respondents complained of male aggressiveness on the road . |
| 8 | Ted Pratt , 48 , from Boston , and Wolfgang Heinrich , from Berlin , were among those who complained of long delays and lack of information . |
| 9 | Ms Tierney , of Victor Paul Terrace , Edinburgh , told a fatal accident inquiry in Dunfermline yesterday : ‘ On 15 August when he complained of blinding headaches I took him to my GP who referred him to Milesmark hospital in Dunfermline with suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage . |
| 10 | They also complained of alleged interference by the country 's Revolutionary Command Council in issues relating to the appointment and replacement of deans of faculties and the university 's vice-chancellor . |
| 11 | Miss Marshall complained of unlawful sex discrimination and her case went to the European Court of Justice where it was decided that she had been the subject of such unlawful discrimination . |
| 12 | In casual encounters with neighbourhood police while on the beat , members of the public complained of such things as the life-style of next-door neighbours , noisy traffic , and parked lorries . |
| 13 | Employers complained of such traits as often and as vehemently as they complained of " riotous and unlawful combination " . |
| 14 | The police were called to ‘ Bonaparte 's ’ after customers complained of rowdy behaviour . |
| 15 | An English observer much involved in these problems complained of Russian diplomats in 1673 that " it is their Custome , to think , whatsoever they get , too little , and whatever they give , too much " , while in 1698 an embassy sent by the Emperor Leopold I to Moscow argued that in future , to avoid such disagreements , the tsar and the Holy Roman Emperor should each be responsible for the maintenance of their own embassies in the way now generally accepted in Europe . |
| 16 | A MAN who complained of 17 years of hounding by the television licensing authority although he had never owned a TV set won a remarkable legal battle and £5,500 expenses yesterday . |
| 17 | What she does n't realise is that this is the widow of the doctor who shot himself after Claire complained of sexual abuse at his hands . |
| 18 | No patients complained of severe headaches or flushing while taking nifedipine . |
| 19 | NBC 's Tori Beilinson said , – ‘ She complained of severe headache , ’ she said . |
| 20 | ‘ Mr Fraser of Wiltshire complained of bad language in an edition of the Channel 4 programme , Tonight With Jonathan Ross … the offending word arose in reply to a question about whether or not Paula Yates was going to have any more children . |
| 21 | Institutional investors complained of high percentage fees levied on transactions . |
| 22 | Six patients still complained of loose motions . |
| 23 | In an interview with the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda he complained of disastrous government economic policies which he had been powerless to influence . |
| 24 | She complained of recurrent episodes of acute anxiety accompanied by palpitations , hyperventilation , fuzziness in the head , butterflies in the stomach , tightness in the chest , nausea , urgency to micturate , and a choking sensation . |
| 25 | But for both sexes general sickness is on the increase with a third of all the men and women questioned complained of long-standing ill-health . |
| 26 | Inserting the offending books in canisters of negatively polarised octiron and sinking them in the fathomless depths of the sea was one ( burial in deep caves on land was earlier ruled out after some districts complained of walking trees and five-headed cats ) but before long the magic seeped out and eventually fishermen complained of shoals of invisible fish or psychic clams . |
| 27 | When Goanese Christians complained of this discrimination they were told to start their own order , which they did very successfully . |
| 28 | Postoperatively she complained of abdominal discomfort and blood chemistry showed cholestasis . |
| 29 | Laxatives were still used by 33% of the children wh had not recovered , 39% had <3 bowel movements per week , 48% had faecal soiling , 45% had stool withholding , 27% complained of abdominal pain , 73% passed large stools , and 45% still on occasions clogged the toilet with their large stools . |
| 30 | The patient complained of intermittant pain in both knees after heavy work at subsequent outpatient clinics . |